{"id":19065,"date":"2024-01-17T16:27:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T21:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/?page_id=19065"},"modified":"2025-04-16T16:15:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T20:15:49","slug":"shifting-shores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/shifting-shores\/","title":{"rendered":"Shifting Shores"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n    \n<div class=\"is-style-secondary wp-block-ncst-button\">\n      <a\n        class=\"ncst-block__button-link btn\"\n        href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/winter-2024-issue\/\"\n        data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\"\n                      >\n                  <span class=\"text\">FROM THE WINTER 2024 ISSUE<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Coastal hazards, such as hurricanes and sea level rise,&nbsp;continue to increase with climate change &#8212; and shoreline modifications, dredging, and boating wakes can exacerbate erosion and property damage. The growing number of coastal residents and the expansion of infrastructure in North Carolina bring additional challenges to the protection of our coastal habitats and communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional approaches often are not as effective as greener approaches. However, coastal communities also face many uncertainties regarding natural and nature-based strategies for adaptation \u2014 including questions about engineering effectiveness, as well as social and ecological benefits and trade-offs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Living shorelines mimic natural shorelines and support resilient communities and ecosystems by slowing down and absorbing wave energy, while also providing habitat, improving water quality, stabilizing shoreline sediment, storing carbon, and promoting recreation. As opposed to concrete seawalls or rigid structures that hinder plant and animal growth, living shorelines evolve and expand over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shifting Shores: Embracing Living Shorelines in North Carolina\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qR0TfXC9ecg?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>North Carolina Sea Grant is collaborating with Carteret Community College and researchers from East Carolina University \u2014 along with the North Carolina Coastal Federation, N.C. Division of Coastal Management, and the N.C. Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve \u2014 on a four-year project to study the most effective strategies to increase the use of natural and nature-based techniques. This year, Carteret Community College is launching the first courses in the \u201cLiving Shoreline Academy,\u201d a new certification program for coastal property owners, engineers, and marine contractors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Living Shoreline Academy will provide workforce training, outreach, and education opportunities. Students will learn about the theory, construction, and permitting processes of living shorelines, as well as how to produce marsh plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year&#8217;s course offerings feature the three-hour &#8220;Introduction to Living Shorelines&#8221; and a four-session weekly &#8220;Structures and Design&#8221; course in April. Additionally, during the Fall semester, students can enroll in a course specifically designed to support vegetative planting solutions for living shorelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide alignnone size-full wp-image-19127\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/01\/Team-measuring-oyster-growth-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rachel Gittman and a group of students standing in shallow water measuring oyster growth on an artificial structure near shore\" class=\"wp-image-19127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/01\/Team-measuring-oyster-growth-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/01\/Team-measuring-oyster-growth-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/01\/Team-measuring-oyster-growth-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/01\/Team-measuring-oyster-growth-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/01\/Team-measuring-oyster-growth-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/01\/Team-measuring-oyster-growth-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rachel Gittman and a group of her students from ECU, measure oyster growth at one of their study sites in New Bern, NC.<strong style=\"font-size: 16px\">&nbsp;<\/strong><em>Dan DiNicola<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MORE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/ncnaturalshorelinesnetwork\/home\">The Living Shoreline Academy<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nccoast.org\/protect-the-coast\/restore\/living-shorelines\/\">Additional information on living shorelines<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/home\/coastal-resilience\/\">Coastwatch on resilience<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dan DiNicola<\/strong> is the science and digital media editor for <em>Coastwatch<\/em>, and <strong>Sarah Spiegler<\/strong> is the coastal resilience specialist for North Carolina Sea Grant. Both are award-winning science communicators.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-related-stories\">\n    <h2 class=\"related-stories__label\">Related<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"ncst-component__related-stories-container\">\n      \n<a \n      href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/winter-2024-issue\/\"\n      class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\"\n                >\n    <span class=\"text\">Winter 2024<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n  \n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coastal hazards, such as hurricanes and sea level rise,\u00a0continue to increase with climate change &#8212; and shoreline modifications, dredging, and boating wakes can exacerbate erosion and property damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":19732,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"views\/single-immersive.blade.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ncst_custom_author":"Sarah Spiegler and Dan DiNicola","ncst_show_custom_author":true,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-immersive-post-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"backgroundColor\":\"custombg_one\",\"displayCategoryID\":0,\"featuredVideoURL\":\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qR0TfXC9ecg?feature=shared\",\"showAuthor\":true,\"showDate\":true,\"showFeaturedVideo\":true,\"subtitle\":\"Living shorelines along North Carolina\u2019s waters offer the promise of more resilient coastal habitats and communities.\"}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[632,591,598,593,1547,633],"tags":[],"_ncst_magazine_issue":[634],"class_list":["post-19065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-632","category-climate-change","category-coastal-landscapes-and-plant-life","category-coastal-resilience","category-healthy-ecosystems","category-winter-2024"],"displayCategory":null,"acf":{"ncst_posts_meta_modified_date":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - 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